Shears



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R- E. (1111/113113 SHEARS.

No. 434,145. Patented Augf 12, 1890.

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- RUFUS E. GAMBLE, OF MECHANICSVILLE, MISSOURI.

SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,145, dated August12, 1890.

Application tiled June 14:, 1890.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that l, RUFUs E. GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mechanicsville, in the county of St. Charles and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHair-Cutting Shears; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the in- Vention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of' this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hair-cutting shears; and theobject of my improvement is to adj ustably attach to one of the bladesof said shears a double-toothed comb, extending each way beyond thesides of said blade and adapted to have one set of said teeth restagainst the surface of the head during the process of clipping and bythemovements of the comb through the hair raise the latter between thecutting-edges of the blades of the shears, thus gaging the length of thecut of the hair and securing a uniform length to the latter.

My improvements further consist in forming the rear of the blade towhich said comb is attached into a sharp razor-edge, which, inconjunction with the opposite series of teeth of said comb,is utilizedfor finally smoothing the hair after the clipping has occurred. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure lis a perspective of a pair of shears provided with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection about midway of the comb-bearin gblade, showing the comb attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a View of the comb.

A is the comb-bearing blade, and B the oppqsite one, which fordistinction we will term the cutting-blade.

C is a comb of any desired size proportioned to the size of the shearsto which it is attached, provided with slots D I) near cach end thereof,formed transversely of the comb in its central or solid portion M.

E represents a series of teeth designed to take up the hair and gage thelength of cut duringthe process of clipping. The teeth E are ofsufficient size and placed at proper intervals to readily pass throughthe hair, being about threefourths of an inch or an inch in length.

F represents a series of finer and shorter teeth on the opposite side ofthe combC, and designed to project beyond the edge of the blade A foruse supplementary to the clipping, as hereinafter described. The comb Cis attached to the inner face of the blade A below the uppercutting-edge G of the latter. Abevel H is formed on the inner face ofthe lower portion of the blade A, the length of the contact of thelatter with the comb C, and the comb C is set iiatly against the bevel Hby means of screws AJ, passed, respectively, through the screw-holes K,formed in the blade A, and having their heads set in or on the walls ofthe slots D of the comb C. By means of the bevel H in the blade A thecomb C is diverged as to its teeth E from the cutting-edge G of theblade A a sufficient distance to permit the descent of the cuttingbladeB between said edge G and the teeth E, as shown in Fig. 2. The blades Aand B are mutually pivoted with the usual screw at the point L, which islocated about on the line of the cutting-edges of both blades A and B,by means whereof the cutting-blade B at no point passes beyond theadjacent cuttingedge of the blade A far enough to come in contact withthe comb C, and said mutual cutting-edges pass each other sufficientlyto sever the hair held by the teeth E between said edges. The central orsolid portion M of the comb C can be about an inch, more or less, inwidth, and when said comb is seated on the blade A this solid portion Mis below the cutting-edge of said blade, so that as the comb'is passedupward through the hair the latter is carried by said comb down againstthe cutting-edge G of the blade A.

In the process of cutting the comb C is moved 'up the surface of thehead from the lower margin of the hair toward the crown,

the extremities of the teeth E resting against' the head. By holding theshears at about the same angle the cutting portion of the latter will besupported at a uniform distance from the surface of the head by thecontact IOO of the ends of the teeth E with the scalp. By

adjusting the comb C backward on the blade A by means of the slots D Dthe teeth E may be projected more or less from the cuttingedge G on theblade A, and thevshears thereby held any desired distance from thesurface of the head and yet retain the proper position for clipping. Theteeth F are shorter and closer than the teeth E and project beyond theopposite edge N of the blade A and lie in contact with the latter. Theedge N is formed into a Vrazor sharpness, and is designed tosupplementarily smooth the hair by a comb motion with the back of theblade A (the shears being closed) after the preliminary clipping beforedescribed.

The advantages of my invention are that it enables a person with littleor no previous training to perform the operation of haircutting aseiiciently and satisfactorily as it might be done by an expert withordinary shears.

My invention will enable mothers to keep the hair of their children`uniformly and smoothly clipped, and, While my invention does not cuthair closely to the skin of'the head, it can be utilized to clip thehair short enough for all practical purposes and to obtain a goodappearance.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

The combination of the blade A, provided With bevel II, the comb C,seated on said bevel and provided with'teeth E, projected beyond thecutting-edge of the blade A, and the blade B, adapted to pass betweenthe cutting-edge G of the blade A and the teeth E of said comb,substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RUFUS E. GAMBLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. MANAHAN, ADDA E. VARD.

